Around 2:30 p.m., deputies responded to the home of Thomas Steidley after reports of a confrontation with his girlfriend and a call of “distress” to his parents.

Steidley's girlfriend told them that he was bipolar, off of his medication and had been drinking. She didn't tell them that he had pulled a firearm on her.

According to the sheriff's office, as the two deputies approached the home, Steidley, 52, came out of the front door holding a handgun. He ignored the deputies’ instructions and raised the handgun, pointing it toward one of the deputies.
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